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The Leftovers: A Novel
by Tom Perrotta
The Leftovers--great for a book group (8/17/2011)
Having read Tom Perotta's Little Children, I knew this would be another slice of suburban life. However, this is not ordinary life. It's life in the aftermath of a worldwide "disappearing", or rapture, of a large number of the worlds' population. The odd part is that themore
The Discovery of Jeanne Baret: A Story of Science, the High Seas, and the First Woman to Circumnavigate the Globe
by Glynis Ridley
The Re-discovered Jeanne Baret (1/11/2011)
Jeanne Baret was a fascinating character, who like many women, was forgotten, despite her accomplishments. She traveled the world in the time of discovery, collecting botanical specimens. On a relatively small ship, in close quarters with scores of men, she masqueraded as amore
The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean
by Susan Casey
Catch The Wave! (8/24/2010)
Not only is the universe stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine.--John Burdon Sanderson Haldane

The science of oceanography has advanced greatly since the invention of sonar, and satellite technology. One result has been to confirm the existence ofmore
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